New Song Fit Club 5/24

Last night I replaced Day 14 of my Asylum Journey to play host to my fit club, and I don't regret it one bit. My group gave their all, new members, consistent members, and some that had been gone for a while, and worked it during an intense workout to Insanity's Cardio Power and Resistance. I am so proud of every one of them and am completely inspired by those members that pushed to their breaking points, despite being nervous about doing an Insanity workout before we began our series. Thank you for all you effort, positive energy and unbending faith that I am leading all of you on the path to health and wellness. This is my mission, this is my passion, and we're in this together. Check out what you accomplished last night!

Insanity: The Asylum - Day 13...sort of

This workout was supposed to be Asylum's Strength routine, but I did my own version of strength with my arms and legs instead and mixed it up with Game Day in real life. It was my day to pitch in the starting rotation for my team, and on a day when we played a team from another division, and I didn't feel I had my best stuff, I went out and pitched 8 innings, giving up no earned runs, striking out 7 and walking 1. If that isn't a testament to the transformation my body has made because of Beachbody and great programs like P90X, Insanity and now the Asylum, I don't know what is. Today calls for Relief, and I am really looking forward to that one.

Insanity: The Asylum - Day 12

Once again I am met with the challenge of Back to Core. I know in looking at my videos from the previous days with this workouts that I'm improving, but during the workout it sure doesn't feel that way. Two moves in particular set my lower back on fire, and the first of those two does a number on my shoulders. Those two muscle groups continue to be my biggest area of weakness that I really want to improve on. The moves I am referring to are the twists (pulses included) and the swimmer. I had to take a quick break (I think a couple during the swimmer) in both of them to give myself some relief. The other thing I am having issues with are my calf muscles during the jumping jack sequence. The same thing happened to me during Plyo and Legs & Back in P90X and it is quite painful. My calves have always been muscular, but ever since I strained my achilis a couple of years ago I have had this problem. I will have to monitor it and continue to stretch and massage them because it is pretty frustrating. Other than that, it was a great workout.

Insanity: The Asylum - Day 11

GAME DAY!!!

I love game day...but I'm typically referring to Sunday when I play baseball these days. Not today. Today Game Day refers to the Day 11 workout in Asylum, but don't let the name fool you. There is no way around it, in Game Day, you don't play around. This is a grueling 60-minute workout from start to finish that left me, my shorts, and my floor completely soaked...and that was just at the half-way point. You start out by simulating a 1-mile mini marathon over hills, valleys and rocks you have to scale to get to the other side before you even get to stretch. You then go through a series of drills specific to a variety of sports, including basketball, skating, swimming, surfing, tennis, football, and baseball. It is almost non-stop action the entire time with a few seconds in between to catch your breath and take a swig of water. My workout imitated life, because I sucked at the swimming, skating and surfing exercises just as I do in the sports themselves. I guess my feet were just meant to be on the ground. I'm out.

Insanity: The Asylum - Day 10

This workout is called Relief, and that's just what it gave me. It was a pleasant 25-minute workout devoted to stretching out those muscles that have been working so hard the past few days. I didn't break a sweat or need to grab my water out of sheer exhaustion, and it was a welcomed experience. At the end Shaun T says to use this workout whenever we feel our bodies just can't go, and we know we won't make it through the workout scheduled on the calendar while keeping good form. What I say to that is, "Don't tempt me like that Shaun, because that workout sounds like a nice alternative to the pounding my body gets in the other workouts." Until next time everyone, take a look at the relaxation and energy your body gets from Asylum's Relief.

Asylum Day 9 - I cheated!!!

Ok, so I didn't end up doing Vertical Plyo yesterday like it's listed on the calendar. I admit it, I am a wuss. Last week when I did my Day 2 workout and followed it up that night by hosting my Fit Club workout to Insanity Plyometric Cardio Circuit, my calves were burning for 5 days and the following workouts were exremely tough to get through. So I didn't want to experience that this time around to see if my next few workouts will be better for me than last week's following Fit Club. I am supposed to have a rest day today, but with a busy schedule tomorrow I plan to flip flop them and take tomorrow off. As always, I did prepare a video, so check out what we did yesterday with the small group that attended the workout yesterday. If you like what you see and want to try it, help increase our numbers by showing up with a friend.

Insanity: The Asylum - Day 8

OK, so I didn't post to my blog last night...sorry. I had the opportunity after reading my boys to sleep to spend a few minutes with relaxing with my wife while she was asleep, then went to bed myself...so shoot me. Yesterday my workout was Back to Core, so if you do it you will understand why my bed was such an appealing option to turn to instead of the desk chair in front of my computer. I can prove I did it all on the right day by the post of my video on YouTube, so get off my back...it's sore enough after the workout! I'm not kidding. My lower back was so tired by the end of the workout, and I really felt it during the twist move where you hold your arms out like you're being crucified and then try to fly away with quick pulsating moves for what goes on for what seems to be an eternity. Bey the end of that rotation my quads, hamstrings, lower back, lats and shoulders all felt like they were on fire. But I felt great after I was done, and I feel great sitting typing this right now. Today I am supposed to host my fit club after doing the Day 9 workout, we'll see about that later. Check out my video to see how things went in Back to Core.